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Oklahoma’s First Commercial Oil Well

Washington County
Location: on US-75 south of junction with US-60 in Bartlesville
Coordinates: 36.741522, -95.935150
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Petroleum Council/Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Natural Resources; Petroleum; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

Nellie Johnstone No. 1, the first commercial oil well in Indian Territory, was completed on April 15, 1897, by the Cudahy Oil Company on the south bank of Caney River.

Note: This marker no longer exists.


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